Mac Numbers: Creating and Using Spreadsheets On Your Mac is a complete course with 36 lessons and 11 practical examples taking you from beginner to advanced level. It includes three and a half hours of video tutorials and 11 example files.
In the debate over whether Apple should build software to allow the FBI to break into iPhones, the focus is often too much on privacy. Privacy is important, of course, and the debate we are having now is good. But this is really more about security than privacy.
Since I’m the author of the best-selling book on the iPad, I get asked about any rumors concerning new iPads. We’ve got a strong rumor right now that Apple will announce the iPad Air 3 on March 15, with availability on March 18.
The iPad Air is the “main” iPad with a 9.7-inch screen. The iPad mini, which was updated last year, is the smaller screen cheaper version. The iPad Pro is the larger screen, more expensive version.
Long before I started MacMost in 2007 I was writing computer books. My first book was about multimedia authoring way back in 1995. For a while I wrote books mostly for developers. Then I started to write books about Apple things after MacMost started. My biggest success was My iPad for QUE (most recent edition). I also started publishing my own books last year with The Practical Guide to Mac Security.
Since the beginning of MacMost 9 years ago I thought about writing a “tips” book. After all, tips are the essence of MacMost. You come here to learn useful tips about how to use your Mac. People like the videos, but people like tips in book form too.
So I finally decided to write my tips book. I like how it turned out.
Wireless charging is a joke, but it doesn’t have to be. Have you seen those commercials for Samsung’s wireless charger? The claim is that you don’t have to deal with a cable mess. But you still do. The cable still runs from the wall to the charging pad. And you have to stick the phone directly on the charging pad. So is the experience any better than just plugging the phone in? Slightly. Very slightly. Lots of cool 21st century tech to go from “plug” to “place.”
I’ve been busy working on a new book that will contain 101 Mac tips. I’ll be focusing on OS X and Safari and leaving iCloud and apps like Pages, Numbers and Keynote for another time.
While I’m working on it, I would love to hear from your about your thoughts.
Apple’s holiday quarter results came out today. It was a record quarter by most measurements, but a slight disappointment to stock analysts. They were looking at things like the next quarter’s guidance numbers. No matter to us users, though. Apple sold a lot of stuff and made a lot of money.
Naturally many people have asked my opinion about the Danny Boyle/Aaron Sorkin movie that tried to sum up the man’s life in two hours and two minutes. In addition to being an Apple enthusiast I am also a movie buff, so of course I saw it when it came out. It is in the news again this week with two Golden Globe wins and two Oscar nominations.
We thought that instead of writing a beginners book on El Capitan, why not do what we do best and create videos! So we’ve created The Video Guide For El Capitan. We put together 21 videos with more than 3 hours of instruction, and made it super-easy to get by putting it in the Mac App Store.
This is a great way for beginners to get to know Mac OS X, and for casual users to dig deeper into the features. The videos are unique, not something that can be found anywhere else. The app lets you jump easily from video to video and you can resize the window for better viewing, even going full screen.
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard.
I love and hate radio. Mostly hate. But I’m really excited about Apple’s new Beats 1 live worldwide streaming radio station.
We won’t really know what Beats 1 will be like until it launches on June 30. Until then, I can hope that I will find more of what I love about radio, and less of what I hate about it.
A lot of people have been asking me what I think of the Apple Watch. I actually have some strong feelings about it. Here’s my review after using it for a month.
We thought that instead of writing a beginners book on Yosemite, why not do what we do best and create videos! So we’ve created The Video Guide To Yosemite. We put together 20 videos with about 2 hours of instruction, and made it super-easy to get by putting it in the Mac App Store.
This is a great way for beginners to get to know Mac OS X, and for casual users to dig deeper into the features. The videos are unique, not something that can be found anywhere else. The app lets you jump easily from video to video and you can resize the window for better viewing, even going full screen.
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard.
But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And some are harder to remember than others.
So MacMost has compiled a list of our top “power user” keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost Yosemite Power User Keyboard Shortcuts. Download it and pass it along!
We’ll be taking a two-week break from posting new tutorials while everyone enjoys their summer vacation time. Feel free to browse the more than 1000 MacMost video tutorials by clicking on videos, or using the search box at the top of the site. We will return with new tutorials on July 14th, 2014. The next newsletter will be sent on July 17th.
Earlier this week an NBC New report showed that it was very easy for all of your computing devices to get hacked in Russia. It seemed to show a phone, a PC laptop and a MacBook that were hacked almost instantly upon being turned on.
Most people took this at face value and assumed that hacking and malware are endemic in Russia. But computer experts noticed that the report lacked any details about what happened. Now we have an updated report from NBC News that sheds some light on what went on. And the truth is very far from what most people assumed.
We’ve put our tutorial app on sale through this weekend! 40% off to celebrate the new year. This Mac app includes 25 videos with more than 2 hours of instruction. It is a great way for beginners to get to know Mac OS X Mavericks, and for casual users to dig deeper into the features. The videos are unique, not something that can be found anywhere else. The app lets you jump easily from video to video and you can resize the window for better viewing, even going full screen.
Even if you are proficient in using OS X, you may want to consider recommending this to friends as a good way to jump in and learn more.
Here’s a complete table of contents:
- Introduction
- What’s New In Mavericks
- Getting Around
- Working With Files
- Using Finder Windows
- Where Files Are Stored
- Storing Documents In iCloud
- Using the Dock
- Installing and Running Apps
- Using Mission Control
- Sharing Files Between Computers
- Working With Text
- Versions, Autosave and Resume
- Browsing the Web
- Reading and Composing Email
- Playing Media With iTunes
- Working With Contacts
- Creating Calendar Events
- Reminders and Notes
- Messages and FaceTime
- Using Preview
- Customizing Your Mac
- Notifications
- Creating Multiple Users
- Using Gestures
- Maintaining Your Mac
- Advanced Tips
We’ll be taking a break from posting new tutorials while everyone enjoys their winter holiday vacation time. Feel free to browse the more than 900 MacMost video tutorials by clicking on videos, or using the search box at the top of the site. We will return with new tutorials on January 3rd, 2014. The next newsletter will be sent on January 9th. Thank you and happy new year!
We thought that instead of writing a book on Mavericks, why not do what we do best and create videos! So we’ve created The Video Guide To Mavericks. We put together 25 videos with more than 2 hours of instruction, and made it super-easy to get by putting it in the Mac App Store.
This is a great way for beginners to get to know Mac OS X Mavericks, and for casual users to dig deeper into the features. The videos are unique, not something that can be found anywhere else. The app lets you jump easily from video to video and you can resize the window for better viewing, even going full screen.
Even if you are proficient in using OS X, you may want to consider recommending this to friends as a good way to jump in and learn more.
Here’s a complete table of contents:
- Introduction
- What’s New In Mavericks
- Getting Around
- Working With Files
- Using Finder Windows
- Where Files Are Stored
- Storing Documents In iCloud
- Using the Dock
- Installing and Running Apps
- Using Mission Control
- Sharing Files Between Computers
- Working With Text
- Versions, Autosave and Resume
- Browsing the Web
- Reading and Composing Email
- Playing Media With iTunes
- Working With Contacts
- Creating Calendar Events
- Reminders and Notes
- Messages and FaceTime
- Using Preview
- Customizing Your Mac
- Notifications
- Creating Multiple Users
- Using Gestures
- Maintaining Your Mac
- Advanced Tips
There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard.
But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And some are harder to remember than others.
So MacMost has compiled a list of our top “power user” keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost Mavericks Power User Keyboard Shortcuts. Download it and pass it along!
